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Lucas Takes Down PhoneSaber!

August 7th, 2008. Published under General. 1 Comment.

[digg=http://digg.com/tech_news/Lucas_Takes_Down_PhoneSaber]So I was researching my next blog post and just went into the iTunes App Store to get a URL to the PhoneSaber page and it wasn’t there! So opened the app on my phone and got the web address for the creators.

So I literally just read this on TheMacBox blog, the makers of the iPhone application. It is my favourite app and it looks as though Lucas doesnt want PhoneSaber in the app store. THQ Wireless (who own the rights for Star Wars apps on mobiles) didnt write a cease and decist notice to TheMacBox, but instead want to collaborate on an offical version of the app.

Here is what they said on their blog post:

They want to do some sort of official, Star Wars branded version of PhoneSaber, and will be working with us on that one.  I don’t know any information beyond that, whether they plan to charge for it, advertise with it or what, but we’ll keep you updated on as much as we’re allowed to tell you.

So it is really unlucky for the people who haven’t had a chance to download PhoneSaber. But the people who have it already will still get to keep theirs.

Update: But even keeping the app might be a problem. This is since a hacker has found that the iPhone will check for a list of blacklisted applications and remove them from the phone. If THQ want to be nasty they could do that.

There is an alternative for the people who do not have PhoneSaber, but want to turn their iPhone into a lightsaber! iSaber has been launched in the App Store, so get it quickly before that gets taken down too. Lets hope PhoneSaber is back bigger and better than ever before! Oh and please don’t make us pay for it![digg=http://digg.com/tech_news/Lucas_Takes_Down_PhoneSaber]